Is This A Tactic, Or Just Incompetence?

Post date: 2020-07-11 07:35:21
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YANML. We have been asked to sign legal papers regarding the shared private road access to our property. Strange shenanigans have ensued. Details after the jump.

Without getting too far into it, the estate of a neighboring property has hired a lawyer to straighten out some quit claim deeds that were done between the (now) deceased owners of the property across the street from ours, and the (former) owners of our property. The estate's lawyer says the estate is currently unable to sell the property because of the existing quit claims. Signing back the quit claims does not benefit us in any way, except that the property would be able to be sold and would be less likely to sit vacant for years, presumably becoming a den of sin and iniquity eventualy. We, therefore, made a request of the estate in return for signing the quit claims. The lawyer wrote back to the effect of, "Great, yes, the estate agrees to your request, and I have included it in the enclosed agreement. Please sign every thing now."

We reviewed the "new" paperwork he sent, and our request is not even mentioned. We wrote back and said, "Hey you forgot the part about where we requested X." He said, "Oh right, OK I fixed that, please sign everything now." We reviewed, and again, there was no mention of our request. We then had a meeting with the estate's executor and the estate's lawyer and explained in person what we were asking for. They agreed to do it. They sent us paperwork and, you guessed it, no mention of what we wanted. So we got our own lawyer, thinking maybe it was us, not communicating in proper legalese. Our lawyer drew up paperwork and sent it to their lawyer. Who emailed, and said, basically, "Great, since we're all on the same page, I've drawn up the final paperwork, please sign it right away because this is dragging out and the estate is anxious to sell the property." So we read it, and it they just wrote the exact same thing as before.

I'm so over this. The only reason I feel any need to address this is because I'd like for the property not sit vacant. In our area there is the very real possibility of people using the place to cook. There are already people hiding stolen cars over there (we know this because the cops came to mark the cars abandoned, and they actually towed them away saying they were "evidence.").

Is the estate's lawyer using some sort of lawyer tactic where they try to just wear you down to the point you just sign to make the issue go away? Or could this just be actual incompetence? The Estate's lawyer always acts as if he doesn't remember where we left things, and asks us to refresh his memory, saying, for example, "So what was your objection to the last agreement submitted?" He should know very well what it was, not only because its the same objection every time, but because he should have my emails where I've clearly stated our objection.

I feel like I'm in an abusive relationship, and the lawyer is gas lighting me.

I just got another email from him and my instinct is to just stop responding. Would there be a huge downside to just ignoring him, do you think?
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